Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano Trying hard to capture the moment this morning i don't know 'cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head And some blond gave me nightmares I think that she's still in my bed As i dream about movies they won't make of me when i'm dead
With an ironclad fist I wake up and french kiss the morning While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talking About all of the things that i long to believe About love, the truth and what you mean to me And the truth is Baby, you're all that i need.
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight i sleep on a bed of nails I wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses
Well I'm so far away Each step that i take is on my way home A king's ransom in dimes i'd give each night Just to see through this payphone Still i run out of time or it's hard to get through Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you I'll just close my eyes And whisper: Baby, blind love is true
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight i sleep on a bed of nails I wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses
The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry The barkeeper's wig's crooked And she's giving me the eye Well i might have said yeah But i laughed so hard I think I died
Now as you close your eyes Know I'll be thinking about you While my mistress she calls me To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight i won't be alone But you know that don't mean i'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove For it's you that i'd die to defend
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight i sleep on a bed of nails I wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is And lay you down
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight i sleep on a bed of nails I wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses